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Tuncel Kurtiz
Born · February 1, 1936
Died · September 27, 2013 (77 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Bilecik, Turkey
Bio
Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions. Since 1958, Kurtiz performed on many stages in Istanbul, in state and private theatres. He was also on the stage at Gothenburg City Theatre, Stockholm Royal Theatre and Swedish Theatre in Sweden, Schaubühne Berlin, Frankfurt City Theatre and Hamburg City Theatre in Germany and at Peter Brook Shakespeare Royal Theatre in England. Kurtiz directed plays for the German-Turkish theatre project "Türkisches Ensemble" in the late 1970s. During his university years and later the military service period, he became friends with the renowned film director Yılmaz Güney. They made a number of films together. Their 1970 film Umut was prohibited to leave Turkey, but was shown in Cannes Film Festival by a smuggled copy. His first film role was in Şeytanın Uşakları, shot in 1964. Since then, Tuncel Kurtiz played also in many international productions like Swedish, German, Dutch, Italian, French, British, Israel and Indian films and TV series, mostly in the original language.
The Legend of the Ugly King
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2017
Mutlu Aile Defteri
Yıldırım Taşyumruk
6.1
2013
My boy, look at the stars
Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
8.0
2012
Magnificent Century
Ebu Suud Efendi · (79 episodes)
8.1
2011
Black and White
5.5
2010
Pains of Autumn
Kamil Efendi
5.2
2009
Ezel
Ramiz Karaeski · (71 episodes)
8.4
2009
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
Said
6.2
2008
Asi
Cemal Ağa · (71 episodes)
7.2
2007
The Edge of Heaven
Ali Aksu
7.2
2007
Hacı
(15 episodes)
0.0
2006
Tales of Intransigence
5.0
2004
Alacakaranlık
(7 episodes)
7.5
2003
A cavallo della tigre
Fatih
5.4
2002
The Waterfall
Kel Selim
4.5
2001
O da Beni Seviyor
Masalcı
6.0
2001
In Foreign Soil
Self
0.0
2001
Hoşçakal Yarın
Ali Elverdi
8.0
1998
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
Uncle Ismet
5.7
1998
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
0.0
1998
Çökertme
0.0
1997
Journey on a Clock Hand
Agah
5.8
1997
Sawdust Tales
Fisherman
5.4
1997
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
0.0
1997
Işıklar Sönmesin
5.0
1996
Somersault in a Coffin
Reis
7.5
1996
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Topal Recep Paşa
6.6
1996
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
0.0
1994
Bir Aşk Uğruna
0.0
1994
Love is Colder Than Death
5.0
1994
Kvällspressen
Abdel · (6 episodes)
5.0
1992
Amforans gåta
Papa · (6 episodes)
0.0
1991
Die Hallo-Sisters
Samy
0.0
1990
The Guardian Angel
Ivar
5.2
1990
The Mahabharata
Shakuni
6.9
1990
Time of Vengeance
grand-father
0.0
1990
Code Name Coq Rouge
Al-Houl
6.6
1989
The Smile of the Lamb
Hilmi
4.8
1986
The Frozen Leopard
0.0
1986
On a Narrow Bridge
0.0
1985
Kalabaliken i Bender
2.6
1983
The Wall
Tonton Ali
7.3
1983
Hasan the Rose
Hakan / The film director
0.0
1980
On Fertile Lands
Zeynel
6.7
1980
Kanal
Abuzer Dayı
5.8
1979
The Herd
Hamo Ağa
7.4
1979
The Bus
6.7
1974
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
0.0
1973
Scene of the Crime
Der Kleine · (1 episode)
6.2
1970
Hope
Hasan
7.3
1970
Bullets Won't Touch Me
Cengiz
0.0
1967
Krallar Ölmez
Komiser
0.0
1967
Kuduz Recep
Hamza
0.0
1967
Law of the Border
Bekir
6.3
1966
The Ugly King
0.0
1966
Horse, Woman and Gun
0.0
1966
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
0.0
1966
Silahların Kanunu
0.0
1966
Kanli Mezar
0.0
1966
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
0.0
1965
The Road That Has No End
Köylü
4.8
1965
I Live When I Die
Cemal
0.0
1965
The Last Birds
Turgut
6.0
1965
Sokakta Kan Vardı
0.0
1965
Krallar Kralı
5.0
1965
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
Hüseyin
0.0
1965